Spinach Alfredo Sauce

1. Place a deep skillet on medium flame and melt butter. Add minced garlic in the skillet and sauté for 1 minute or until it is soft and fragrant.
2. Reduce the flame to medium-low and add milk in the skillet along with chunks of cream cheese. Bring the milk to boil and continue to whisk until the cream cheese has completely melted into the milk.
3. Add grated parmesan in the skillet and keep whisking as the sauce simmers. Let it simmer until the sauce changes in consistency and gets thick. Whisk constantly.
4. When the sauce has thickened, reduce the flame to low and season it with salt, and with a generous quantity of freshly grounded black pepper.
5. Now add the washed and drained fresh spinach in the sauce and stir. Let it cook in the sauce until it is soft and wilted.
6. The Alfredo sauce is ready to be served.
7. If you wish to prepare Alfredo pasta, you can add boiled penne pasta in the deep skillet and toss the content together until the pasta is covered with sauce.
8. Serve immediately while it is steaming hot!

Trivia:

• The US was introduced to Spinach very late in the 18^th Being native to Persia, Spinach first came to China in the 7^th century and to Europe during the 12^th century.
• The Chinese still call Spinach, the Persian green.
• The spinach-loving sailor Popeye first appeared in a comic strip Thimble Theater in 1929.
• During the great depression, the consumption of Spinach raised by 33% due to the influence of Popeye the Sailor Man.

Texas has a booming Spinach-industry. In 1937, the state paid homage to it by erecting a $28 million worth of Popeye statue.